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How does the energy released by fusion compare in magnitude with that released by fission?
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∙ 9y ago
In a fission reactor which has been operating at a steady power level, on shutdown the fission reactions stop at once, but the radioactivity of the fission products in the fuel still produces thermal energy. This is about 6.5 percent of the previous power level immediately, dropping to about 1 percent after 1 hour. In the case of fusion, there are no fission products so this comparison does not exist, in fact if fusion reactors can ever be made, this is one of the advantages over fission reactors.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoFusion is the combination of nuclei to form a bigger and heavier nucleus, while fission is the splitting of a heavy nucleus into lighter nuclei. The energy released by fusion is three to four times greater compared to fission.
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∙ 12y agobecause they both are non-metals and depend on each other
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∙ 14y agoThey are basically the same thing, just different names.
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∙ 11y agoNothing
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How is fission used to calculate the energy required?
You don't use fission to do the actual calculation. Fission can RESULT in energy being released, though.
What type of energy is nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy is released in fission when a nucleus is split. A small proportion of the mass of the nucleus is annihilated and converted to free energy. Initially this appears as the kinetic energy of the fission fragments, this is quickly converted to thermal energy as the fragments are slowed down.
What is the most common energy used?
That released by fission in a nuclear reactor
The energy released by a fission or fusion reaction?
What is the question
A nuclear reaction in which an atoms nucleus is split into two smaller nuclei and energy is released as heat is known as?
nuclear fission
Is Potential Energy released during fission?
Yes. Uranium contains potential energy, and the energy is released during fission.
Is energy released during fission but absorbed during fusion?
Energy is released during fusion and fission.
How does nuclear fission generates energy?
The heat released by nuclear fission is transformed in electrical energy.
Outline on nuclear energy?
Definition: energy from nuclear fission or fusion: the energy released by nuclear fission or fusion
What term means the measure of energy released by an earthquake?
The measure of energy released by an earthquake depends on its magnitude. If its a high magnitude earthquake, there is a lot of energy. If there is a low magnitude, then there is little energy.
How is fission used to calculate the energy required?
You don't use fission to do the actual calculation. Fission can RESULT in energy being released, though.
Is a nuclear fission a chemical energy?
The energy released is nuclear energy.
How is an earthquake magnitude scale related to the amounts of energy released by earthquaiew?
The larger the magnitude of the earthquake, the larger the energy to be released by the earthquake.
What is a sentence with magnitude?
The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of the energy that is released by the event.
The energy from nuclear fission is released as heat?
Initially as kinetic energy of the fission fragments, but this is quickly converted to thermal energy as they are slowed down in the mass of the fuel.
Is The energy from nuclear fission is released as heat.?
Initially as kinetic energy of the fission fragments, but this is quickly converted to thermal energy as they are slowed down in the mass of the fuel.
What is it when energy is released through fission or fusion?
Nuclear energy
